PETER POPKIN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19108, 28 June 1930, Page 18 (Supplement)

PETER POPKIN.

One of the dearest little fairies in all Fairyland was little Peter Popkin. He was always merry and smiling and eager to help. But what he liked doing oest was looking after the flowers in the Queen’s garden. One day an awful thing happened! The Queen thought she would like to take a walk in the grounds to see hei flowers, and when she got there—well —heaps and heaps of them had been trampled down, and the Queen was terribly angry. “ Fetch me Peter Popkin/* she cried. So they fetched him, and he listened with dismay while the Queen said* “ What do you mean by not looking after the flowers? You must be banished until you can be more careful.” Great tears came into Peter’s eyes He knew he hadn’t been careless, but he couldn’t think who had done the damage. When they left him alone he turned to go, but be felt he must take some flowers with him, so he gather up some of the broken ones and hurried off. He reached a wood when the Queen’s carriage overtook him. “ Peter Popkin/’ she said, "we have come to fetch you back. The naughty Mustard Fairy confessed that he trampled on the flowers, in a temper *' PEN FRIEND. Edith Bartram (10 or 12 years), 16, Hereford Street, City.